CVE-2020-1378

high

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Kernel API improperly handles registry objects in memory, aka 'Windows Registry Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1377.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158939/Microsoft-Windows-CmpDoReadTxRBigLogRecord-Memory-Corruption-Privilege-Escalation.html

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1378

Details

Published: 2020-08-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H